In the same world where there are over 1.4 billion Internet users, another 1.4 billion people live below the extreme poverty line as defined by the World Bank. A field called "information and communication technologies for development" (ICT4D) has sought to find ways to apply modern electronic technologies - the Internet, the PC, the mobile phone, and other technologies - to support the socio-economic growth of the world's poorest communities. Are there patterns of technology usage that are consistent across developing countries? Can you keep five rural schoolchildren from fighting over one...
In the same world where there are over 1.4 billion Internet users, another 1.4 billion people live below the extreme poverty line as defined by the Wo...